The United States is a government of enumerated powers. Congress, and the other two branches of the federal government, can only exercise those powers given in the Constitutio…n. The powers of Congress are enumerated in several places in the Constitution. The most important listing of congressional powers appears in Article I, Section 8 (see left) which identifies in seventeen paragraphs many important powers of Congress. In this section, we consider how several of the enumerated powers of Congress under the original Constitution have been interpreted.

The congress is made up of 2 houses; the house of representatives and the senate. Each house have different powers. The house of representatives can impeach the president and …propose tax laws. The senate can decide whether the president is guilty or innocent, approve presidential appointments, and approve treaties with foreign countries. Both houses can propose laws, declare war, override the president veto with 2/3 vote, and can propose amendments to the constitution with 2/3 veto. Hoped this help :)

Answer fiscal power, trade power, and military power Only Congress can declare war Only Congress can impeach (House), try (Senate), and remove office h…olders, including the President and Supreme Court Justices from office. Only Congress can raise and lower taxes.

Congress has several limitations. Three of those limitations are that they cannot enact new taxes on their own, they cannot place taxes on items being exported from any st…ate, and they cannot draw money from the United States Treasury at will.